Mr.Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, Consul General of Pakistan with Illinois Institute of Technology Students.

Mr.Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, Consul General of Pakistan with Illinois Institute of Technology Students. (Posted by Ashfaq Syed, Community Contributor)

Community Contributor Ashfaq Syed

US trained Pakistani engineers and IT experts could play a similar role in development of their motherland as was played by Chinese expatriate community, said by Consul General Faisal Niaz Tirmizi at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), today. He was the keynote speaker at Pakistan Day seminar organized by the Pakistan Student Association of IIT to mark the 70th Anniversary of Pakistan.Mr. Faizan Urfi, President of Pakistani Student Association introduced the speaker with the audience which included a number of students from Pakistan, US, Bangladesh, India and Europe. Mr. Tirmizi termed the Pakistani students as future leaders of Pakistan who would be steering destiny of the country in years to come. He said that foreign qualified engineers, IT professionals, doctors are future entrepreneurs of Pakistan and their skills would take the country to the heights of economic and technological development.While briefing about investment opportunities in Pakistan, Mr. Tirmizi said that the completion of CPEC would not only boost the economy of Pakistan and China, but would also add impetus to economic growth of other regional countries including Iran, India, Sri Lanka and Gulf region. He further said that countries like United Kingdom, Germany and South Korea had already expressed their interests for investment in infrastructure and energy projects in Pakistan. The best beneficiary of the energy projects would the United States as it is selling its turbines for the energy projects in Pakistan.Mr. Tirmizi urged the students to organize events at the educational institutions to highlight rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. He said that the premises of Pakistan Consulate in Chicago have been turned into a platform for activities for Pakistani-American community. He briefed the students about mentor-ship forums organized for the Pakistani students at the Consulate.The event ended with 45 minutes question and answer session in which many questions were asked about internal situation in Pakistan, Pakistan-US relations and Pakistan's bilateral relations with regional countries in particular Afghanistan, India and Iran. Many students from India and Bangladesh expressed their desire to visit Pakistan along with their Pakistani classmates to get a better understanding of the country. Consul General Tirmizi welcomed them to take this initiative to understand ground situation in the country which is progressing politically, economically and socially despite serious challenges emanating from deteriorating regional conditions. The leaders of Pakistani Student Association thanked the Consul General and showed their keen interest to work with Pakistan Consulate in future.

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